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OverviewJohn Maynard Keynes, the most influential economist of the twentieth century, made a unique contribution to public affairs and to Britain's cultural life. Drawing on an unrivalled knowledge of Keynes, gained from twenty years' editing of his papers, D.E. Moggridge has taken a fresh and revealing look at the man and his achievements. He traces Keynes' career on all its levels, from academic Cambridge, to artistic Bloomsbury, to official Whitehall and to the City. Particular attention is paid to the role of Lydia Lopokova, the Russian ballerina, whom Keynes married in 1925. She provided Keynes with the stability that took him from being a successful academic economist to creating two pioneer works of economic theory, A Treatise on Money (1930) and The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936). With its careful documentation of all aspects of Keynes' life, its intimate knowledge of the subject and Keynes' many worlds, this biography establishes a new benchmark in the study of Keynes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Donald MoggridgePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 5.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 1.990kg ISBN: 9780415051415ISBN 10: 041505141 Pages: 990 Publication Date: 02 April 1992 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsKeynes firmly believed that economists' lives were wroth studying as a way of illuminating their ideas; and Donald Moggridge's monumental new biography does this quite brilliantly for JMK' himself. -Niall Ferguson, The Daily Mail [Moggridge] writes throughout with a great sureness of touch . . . combining an outsider's perspective with an instinctive insider's knowledge. It is an admirable biography . . . wise and readable. -Roy Jenkins, The Observer . . . a biography of Keynes that is more up-to-date and more thorough than any of its predecessors . . . the comprehensiveness of this work will insure its status as the standard academic biography of Keynes for some time. - Choice I have learned an enormous amount from this book. I had known Keynes well as a fellow working economist from the 1920s to the end of his life in 1945. But by the 1920s he was already the great man and confidant of senior statesmen. I had knownlittle of his earlier life, of his relations to his Bloomsbury and Charleston friends and of them to Lydia, of how he came belatedly to economics through philosophy. Nor did I know the detail of his public life. All this Don Moggridge has been able to discover and record with very great detail and skill. -Sir Austin Robinson, University of Cambridge The book's great virtue, and the source of its considerable value to historians, lies in its closely detailed treatment of Keynes's almost continuos participation in British public life. - Business History Review, Spring 1993 `Moggridge has written a fine book about a famous economist.' - The CP? `He writes throughout with a great sureness of touch... combining an outsider's perspective with an instinctive insider's knowledge. It is an admirable biography, long but single-volume, comprehensive and minutely informed...wise and readable' - Roy Jenkins, The Observer `Keynes firmly believed that economists' lives were worth studying as a way of illuminating their ideas; and Donald Moggridge's monumental new biography does this quite brilliantly for 'JMK' himself' - Niall Ferguson, The Daily Mail `... this volume of nearly 1000 pages is unlikely to be superseded in scope or accuracy.' - Political Studies `... indisputably a major contribution to understanding Keynes.' - John Davis, Economics and Philosophy Keynes firmly believed that economists' lives were wroth studying as a way of illuminating their ideas; and Donald Moggridge's monumental new biography does this quite brilliantly for JMK' himself. -Niall Ferguson, The Daily Mail [Moggridge] writes throughout with a great sureness of touch . . . combining an outsider's perspective with an instinctive insider's knowledge. It is an admirable biography . . . wise and readable. -Roy Jenkins, The Observer . . . a biography of Keynes that is more up-to-date and more thorough than any of its predecessors . . . the comprehensiveness of this work will insure its status as the standard academic biography of Keynes for some time. - Choice I have learned an enormous amount from this book. I had known Keynes well as a fellow working economist from the 1920s to the end of his life in 1945. But by the 1920s he was already the great man and confidant of senior statesmen. I had knownlittle of his earlier life, of his relations to his Bloomsbury and Charleston friends and of them to Lydia, of how he came belatedly to economics through philosophy. Nor did I know the detail of his public life. All this Don Moggridge has been able to discover and record with very great detail and skill. -Sir Austin Robinson, University of Cambridge The book's great virtue, and the source of its considerable value to historians, lies in its closely detailed treatment of Keynes's almost continuos participation in British public life. - Business History Review, Spring 1993 Keynes firmly believed that economists' lives were wroth studying as a way of illuminating their ideas; and Donald Moggridge's monumental new biography does this quite brilliantly for JMK' himself. <br>-Niall Ferguson, The Daily Mail <br> [Moggridge] writes throughout with a great sureness of touch . . . combining an outsider's perspective with an instinctive insider's knowledge. It is an admirable biography . . . wise and readable. <br>-Roy Jenkins, The Observer <br>. . . a biography of Keynes that is more up-to-date and more thorough than any of its predecessors . . . the comprehensiveness of this work will insure its status as the standard academic biography of Keynes for some time. <br>- Choice <br> I have learned an enormous amount from this book. I had known Keynes well as a fellow working economist from the 1920s to the end of his life in 1945. But by the 1920s he was already the great man and confidant of senior statesmen. I had knownlittle of his earlier life, of his relations to his Bloomsbury and Charleston friends and of them to Lydia, of how he came belatedly to economics through philosophy. Nor did I know the detail of his public life. All this Don Moggridge has been able to discover and record with very great detail and skill. <br>-Sir Austin Robinson, University of Cambridge <br> The book's great virtue, and the source of its considerable value to historians, lies in its closely detailed treatment of Keynes's almost continuos participation in British public life. <br>- Business History Review, Spring 1993 <br> Author InformationDonald Moggridge Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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